FIA race director and safety delegate Charlie Whiting carried out his latest inspection of the new Baku City Circuit on Tuesday morning, with the circuit set to host the European Grand Prix in June.
Whiting was joined by circuit architect Hermann Tilke and executive director of BCC, Arif Rahimov, to evaluate the quality of the track and its surrounding facilities to ensure it will be ready to in time to host Formula 1.
Whiting is confident it will be ready ahead of his final inspection in early-June and predicts a fascinating debut race.
"The circuit will be ready," he declared after his visit. "You can see the quality of all the installations wherever you look.
"My next trip to Baku will be at the beginning of June and I’m expecting to be able to say it will be ready then! It will be a fascinating F1 race. Turns 8 to 12 will probably be the most interesting but so will the run from Turn 12 to 15, where the approach to Turn 15 in particular will be quite spectacular.
"The very long run from Turn 16 to 20, which is going to be flat out, will also be amazing to watch! If I had to compare one circuit to this one, it would be Singapore, but the speed here will be much higher!"
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